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Ode to the Pioneers-Make Your Own Butter

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We had a Family Home Evening on Pioneers (preparing for trek next week) the other night and as our activity made our own butter. I thought I would share this just in time for Pioneer Day the 24th! I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, but it was great and it entertained my husband and nearly 20 month old son for a good 15 minutes.

All you need to make your own butter is:

  • A baby food jar (we only had the big ones, but I think the small ones would work better)
  • Whipping cream-a half pint should suffice unless you have a big family or want a lot of butter.

Just give each family member a jar (we just did one jar because I wasn’t sure how the attention spans would last) and fill it 1/4 to 1/2 full of whipping cream. Then, shake, shake, shake, until it is the consistency of whipped butter. If there is liquid, just keep shaking. It will be really soft unless you put it in the fridge.

I made cornbread (from a mix) to go along with it and my boys LOVED it! We ate the whole pan.

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Sports Baby Shower-Food

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Continuing on with the Sports Baby Shower series with today’s ideas on food. There are so many ways to go with this, but here is what we did:

I decorated the table using a red plastic tablecloth. Then I added a rectangle of All Star wrapping paper from the dollar store. Then, to tone down the crazy print, I added a red cloth napkin. I borrowed the 3 tiered plate stand from the mommy to be. 🙂

We had yummy fruit (Thanks Tami) and veggie trays along with some lemon frosted cookies our sweet friend (Krista) brought. We also had some chips and mango salsa in a football shaped bowl I bought for the Superbowl.

I had seen some cute football field dip like this in the fall, but wasn’t sure how they did it so I kind of made this one up. It is basically 3 layers of 7 layer dip. I had people ask for the recipe (this one’s for you Jenna!) so I guess it turned out good! The recipe is as follows:

Football Field Chip Dip

3 avocados
Onion Powder
Garlic Salt
1 can refried beans (I used Taco Bell Fat Free)
1/2 packet taco seasoning
1 small tub sour cream (I used Kroger reduced fat)

Spread beans in the bottom of a small rectangular pyrex dish (mine was 2.75 qt about 7 in x 9in). Then, take a scoop of sour cream and put it in a ziploc bag for later. Mix the remaining sour cream with the 1/2 packet of taco seasoning (or, to taste). Spread this over the beans. Next peel the avocados into a bowl and smash with a 2 or 3 dashes of garlic salt and a 2 or 3 dashes of onion powder (you can use garlic powder and onion salt). Spread this over the sour cream layer covering completely. This is your football field. Now, take the sour cream you put in the ziploc and snip a little hole in the corner of the bag. Grab like a frosting bag and line the field.

To make the goal posts, I used toothpicks stuck together with super glue.

I made some cupcakes with sport ball cupcake liners and printed off four different sports balls that I taped on toothpicks for the toppers.

What sporting event would be complete without a popcorn machine? I was so lucky that my neighbor, Janet, brought this fun addition!

Last, but not least, we had a crock pot for mini sloppy joes on rolls made by my wonderful friend Loleta! I forgot to take a pic of this, but there was a cute red/white checked napkin in the roll bowl. 😉

There were a few food items that I thought would be fun for a all star sports themed baby shower, but ran out of time/funds.
Cotton candy
Water bottles with personalized labels (had the bottles, but could not print labels because my printer ran out of ink)
Peanuts with shell on
Giant sub sandwich
Pigs in a blanket (1/2 hot dog wrapped in croissant dough and baked)

So that’s it for food. My biggest tip for a successful shower with wonderful food…delegate, delegate, delegate! Stay tuned for one more fun post in the Sports shower series!

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Decorate Your Flip Flops/Seaside Cupcakes

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Summer is on the horizon! It is time to put away your boots and break out your flip flops! I am a big flip flop fan and have them in every color. So, why not add a little flair to your flip flop wardrobe and decorate them. Personalize your flip flops into something great that only you have! This is a great activity to do with girls of all ages. You get to be creative and it is really easy! As long as you can tie a knot you can make most of the flops shown here!

We did this for a Young Women activity and had about 20 girls making them all at once. We bought flip flops for $1 at Michael’s and brought all sorts of things to decorate with including: water balloons, fabric, ribbon, beads, buttons, silk flowers, glitter glue, hot glue, river rocks, etc.

These were made by hot gluing ribbon wrapped around the straps and then hot gluing flowers on in the middle.

It was so fun to see what everyone came up with! I think the water balloons and the fabric were definitely the most popular. All you do is tie them on with a knot (be sure the knots are all on the outside and do not touch your foot) and then scoot them close together on the strap.

For the fabric flops, cut the fabric in strips about 1 inch by 6 inches. You want them long enough that you can tie them around and in a knot, but then you can vary depending on how fluffy you want them. Test a strip to make sure you have the length you want before cutting them all! Then just keep tying them on in knots until you get the look you want.

One of our YW got creative with the supplies. It was fun to see what everyone came up with.

To give the activity a message we gave a thought at the end with quote from Elder Holland on Appropriate Sunday Dress and how we should not look like we are on the way to the beach. Then, we read the footprints poem and gave them a bookmark with the poem on it.

We decorated with a Hawaiian luau theme. Please keep in mind that I found out I would need to do refreshments like 4 hours before the activity. (The other leader was going out of town and could not find anyone home to drop them off with.) I forgot to take pics of most of it, but here are a few.

I froze silk flowers in circle tupperwares full of water to have some fancy floating ice. There were limes in the bowl too, but they sunk.
Did you know that cucumber water is fantastic too! I kid you not! Put a few slices of fresh cucumber in a pitcher of water and try it. It is amazingly refreshing! I had it at a Bridal Fair at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

I tied a belt with shells on it around the punch bowl for a little extra flair.

This was a totally off the wall idea because I needed to figure out a treat that I could make with what I had at my house. They are supposed to be little bears lying on the beach. Thankfully most of the YW got it right off.

Items needed for Bears on the Beach Cupcakes:

  • Cupcake liners (I used the foil ones)
  • Chocolate cake mix and ingredients to make it
  • Vanilla frosting
  • Blue food coloring
  • Sticks of gum (I had Extra Bubblegum)
  • Teddy Grahams
  • Graham Crackers

Prepare the cupcakes as directed on the cake box and let them cool. Mix a few drops (I used like 10 because I wanted it pretty bright) of food coloring with the frosting and frost the cupcakes. Crush some graham crackers in a Ziploc to use as sand. I put it on a small plate and dipped the top of the cupcake in it. Unwrap the gum and cut each stick in half. Secure a piece of gum to each cupcake by putting a little drop of frosting on the back. Place a dab of frosting on the back of the bear and place it on the gum “towel.”

Ta da! If only they were as relaxing as a real trip to the beach!

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Feature Friday-Our Best Bites

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My Feature Friday for today are the girls, SaRa & KaTe, over at OuR BeSt BiTes.

Sara and Kate are two girls who love to cook! They’re wives and mothers balancing home management, part-time work, church and community involvement, and a myriad of other things, just like you! Their goal is to show that cooking at home can be a delicious, fun, and easy way to express yourself and to care for your families and friends.

If you have not been to their site before, you are missing out! They have the most amazing recipes with the most delicious pictures! Reading through each recipe is like talking to a good friend. They give it to you straight and will make you laugh. They always show a picture of the ingredients, which for some reason makes me feel like I can make it. It just makes it look so much simpler!

Enough talk! Let’s get to the good stuff! Here come some of my favorite recipes and believe me it was hard to decide!

I cannot even begin to describe how much joy this recipe brings me! It takes me right back to my childhood days of Rainbow Bright (I actually bought myself a Rainbow Bright paint with water book the other day because I was sooo excited to see her)!

Sara also suggests “If you’re a sports fan, these would be really cool with team colors. How about black, green and brown for a boys camo party? Or holiday color combos are endless…. Have fun!”

Sweet Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips


Can I crawl through the picture and eat it? What a wonderful combination for the start of summer! My mouth is watering, is yours? This is my kind of “health food!”

Chocolate Toffee Sugar Cookies

Aren’t they beautiful? I so wish I would have found these before Valentine’s! Although, who says we need to have a holiday to express our love?

Are you sensing a theme here? I LoVe dessert! Now that we have had dessert first, we can have dinner. 🙂

Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos

I am a big taquito fan, so when they say they have a healthier version that tastes just as great I am in!! Creamy deliciousness wrapped up in a crispy shell. Mmmm!

French Dip Sandwiches

Have you always wondered how to make these? I have! Well here it is! And did mention it can be prepared beforehand and frozen for the crockpot? Love it!

And to top it all off, I cannot do a feature without raving about the Tips and Tutorials section. This is like the sopping mall of how to’s for people like me who say “how the heck do I pick a ripe mango?“

Here are a few of my favorites:

Are you inspired yet?

Great recipes and tips Sara and Kate! (BTW, I want to name my first girl Kate) You are now entered in to the hall of fame as tippers of the week!

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